Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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lioyola Vniversity, a number of delegates from the tfatholic colleges and high schools of the vicinity came to the meeting which was the starting-point in the history of Ciscora tnow tfiscal the official organization for Student Catholic at-tion in the archdioeose of Chicago. More sensational, if of less lasting impor- tance. was the action taken by the university in 1930-the abolition of intercollegiate foot- ball at Loyola. Though the stop gained some notoriety for the university. its most lasting effect has p1'obably been the increased empha- sis upon the values of intramural athletics. These remarks about activities lead one in- evitably to recall that during all these years. the stops we have recorded and the material growth of the institution!-the building of the stadium. and ot' the lovely Elizabeth M. Cud- ahy memorial library-are by no moans the things most important in the everyday life ot' the student. It is around other things that the most important traditions cluster. around the activities we have seen in their infancy at the old eollege on the west side. and the new ones which had grown up at the new settings. Tin Loyola Nt uw, T114 Loyola Quart: l'I.lf, THE l,ovoI,.xN itself. tool-I their place in the inter- est and attention of the Student body: lllllsie, dramaties. debating. all the literary and sei- entitic pursuits, were encouraged by extra- curricular activities and clubs. Rather con- stantly. faculty and students. conscious of the t'aet that Loyola was dedicated to the develop- mont of the whole man. were putting forth their efforts to center their program about the purpose of life, and to pay due attention to the spiritual and moral needs and desires of those who made up the university. ln all these endeavors, sometimes in constant sweat and strain. sometimes in incoherent spurts ot' ac- tivity. some measure ot' success was constantly being attained. some sort of custom and standard was being set for thoso that followed to enllllate and surpass. This sketch we feel sure is applicable to any portion ot' the sixty-six years chronicled in this spaeo. but will have particular bearing as we reach the point ot' departurefthe pres- ent years, XYith Father lit-lley's retirement from the presidency. the Reverend Samuel Knox NVilson. who had boon familiar with the universityadministration asdeanoftho tlrad- uate School, assumed the presidential office. Since our discussion includes activities, it might be well to note here that Father iVil- son's term has seen an increased emphasis on the university in these activities, as opposed to the individual division. The newspaper, the lite1'ary magazine, the yearbook, are all all- university and especially in the case of the magazine the announced principle has been qui eolunz' studio 1mi1'ers1'tas. Thus, the years have seen the creation at Loyola of a tradition of taking full part in the life of the city-especially in the Catholic life of the city. They have seen full recogni- tion of the application of the axiom that the whole is greater than the part in the life of the university. Slowly the university and its components have built up habits of leadership in their various tields, habits of stability in a changing world. There, perhaps, we come upon the final reason for the value of tradition in the life of the Loyolan, and its real worth as a factor in meeting life. Few periods in the history of the world have seen so much change, so much instability as these very years which saw the foundation and growth of Loyola. In a wo1'ld which the profound thinkers assure us is destined for a fundamental clash and crisis. there is surely need for firmly fixed principles. for traditions to cling to. to bear us up through the time of stress. Loyola, by hor background and history, is fitted to give those traditions to the student who wills to find them and hold them. By the nature of hor purpose and her work she is bound to tho strongest and greatest tradition of the ages. the one rock from which the waves of chaos and destruction can not wash us. To a tf'atholie, the t'atholic university has too many invaluable qualities to allow him to digress on any one. But to any man, in this post-war and post-depression age, there must seem a lasting strength in any tradition sure ot' weathering this crisis. Because of her guardianship of those last- ing values and because of her more immedi- ate record of achievement Loyola may be proud of her traditions. In those traditions her students may find the bases for confidence without which courage is more foolhardiness. with which it reaches the heights of he1'oism.

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The reputation ot' thc college was now firmly establishedg when it presented its students to the public in any kind of entertainment, no hall was large enough to accommodate the throngs who camc to hear them, and so in- tense was the activity ot' the students in a dozen directions, so constant and stimulating the encouragement given by the faculty, that scarcely a month passed without some event's testifying eloquently to the fact that St. lg- natius College was in every way well abreast of the times. But the event of all Father Ilumbach's term that has the greatest' significance for students and friends of Loyola today is thc purehase ot' the twenty-two acre site on thc north side in 1906. Building was postponed, but with that purchase began the reorienta- tion of St. Ignatius t'ollege, the founding of Loyola I'niversity. As the title of founder of the college ht-A longs to Father Damen, so there is justice in assigning the title of founder of the univer- sity to Father Burrowes, who assumed otilice in February. 1908. In the Hrst year of his presidency. the Lincoln School ot' Law be- came the law school of St. Ignatius College. However, it was obvious that professional schools in connection with a college would be an anomaly: therefore, on November 21, 1909, Loyola University was chartered. The newly chartered university grew rap- idly. In 1909. Illinois Medical College was at- tiliated with it. The next year. Illinois Med- ical College. Bennett Medical College, and Re- liance Medical College merged to become Ben- nett Medical College. In 1915. they were made the Loyola I'niversity School of Medicine. In addition to the affiliation of professional schools. Loyola was building and founding its own schools. In 1909, the tirst edilice on the new lake shore campus was erccted-Ilum- bach hall, which now houses Loyola Academy. In 1912, the generosity of Michael Cudahy made possible the science hall which now bears his name. 1914 saw the foundation of the School ot' Sociology, the first Catholic school of its sort in the nation: its foundation was the work of Father Siedenburg. whose name was so long associated with it. IVith the coming of the Reverend NVilliam H. Agnew, S.J., to the presidency. the uni- versity bcgan to arrive at full stature, Soon after Father Agnt-w's coming, the completion ot' thc adniinistration building made it pos' sible to transt'er the arts college to the north side. This left only a high school at the his- to1'ic site on the west sideg thc two Were soon separated both as religious houses. and as legal corporations, although St. lgnatius. like Loyola Academy. still remains an affiliated high school. That same year, 1922, saw the creation ot' the School ot' t'ommcrec. The university was increasingly recognizing its obligations and opportunities in all fields of lite, cultural. prot'essional. and now commercial. Retaining the traditional regard ot' the .lesuits for training in the humanities as the surest basis for a rich and full lite. for the development of the whole man, it still seemed better to offer other sorts of specialized training' in addition to this fundamental one. to meet the demands of an age gone mad with prosperity. than to throw the youth ot' that age upon other re- sources and institutions for their training. Other professions were still to lie drawn into the fold. In 19223 the t'hicago t'ollt-ge ot' Dental Surgery. the oldest in the city. was atitiliatcd. becoming todays Ilental School ot' Loyola Ivniversity. Two years later. the tirst ot' a number ot' nursing schools. St. l3ernard's, was connected with the university. Meanwhile a Home Study Department had been estab- lished, the School of Law had added a day course of three years to its curriculum. and set its night course at four years. and the other schools had continued in their progress. Four years later the School of Law. the School ot' C'ommerce. the downtown division ot' the tfollege ot' Arts and Sciences. and the ttraduate School were moved to QS North Franklin street. where they remain. In 1927. Reverend Robert M. Kelley suc- ceeded Father Agnew. In his six-year term much ot' interest and importance was etteeted. The Academic and Administrative coun- cils were created. and their assistance in help- ing to unify and advance the status of the university has been really indispensable. Two steps in the history ot' the university which have since received note also took place during the six years of Father Kelley 's term. In the spring ot' 1927. upon the invitation of

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